Short Take: Canadian consortium to build fiber-optic network

A Canadian consortium will build a nationwide fiber-optic computer network for industrial, governmental, and academic use. The Canadian Network for the Advancement of Research, Industry, and Education will work with Bell Canada and the Canadian government to produce CA*Net 3. The initiative succeeds CANARIE's CA*Net and CA*Net 2, which are modeled in part on U.S. initiatives Next Generation Internet and Internet 2.